Houston Forward Times
The Houston Forward Times (FT) is a weekly newspaper headquartered in Houston, Texas. It is the largest black-owned newspaper in the city.[1] It is published by the Forward Times Publishing Company, which also publishes other publications such as the Daily Cougar. As of 2014 this newspaper is one of the few remaining self-printing black newspapers.[2]
Julius Carter started the newspaper, which opened in 1960. Julius Carter died in 1971 and his wife, Lenora Carter, took over operations of the newspaper.[3] The Forward Times Publishing Company began publishing it in 1977. She continued to publish and edit the newspaper, and was continuing to do so in the 1990s.[2]
The circulation was 17,970 in the 1990s.[2]
Lenora Carter died on April 10, 2010. In September 2010 the Julius and Lenora Carter Scholarship and Youth Foundation was established.[4]
See also
- African-American News and Issues
- Houston Defender
- History of the African-Americans in Houston
References
- ↑ Allen, Carol M. "What Came Before" (Chapter 1). In: Allen, Carol M. (editor). Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story (Lexington Studies in Political Communication). Lexington Books, February 5, 2009. ISBN 0739138294, 9780739138298. p. 23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Houston Forward Times." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on March 17, 2014.
- ↑ Amy Helene Forss (1 January 2014). Black Print with a White Carnation: Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989. U of Nebraska Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8032-4954-7.
- ↑ "Times Media Kit 2013.pdf Media Kit" (Archive). Houston Forward Times. p. 11/11. Retrieved on March 17, 2014.